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Simonopetra, Athos, Greece. Simonopetra Monastery (Greek: literally: "Simon's Rock"), also Monastery of Simonos Petra is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. Simonopetra ranks thirteenth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.

Hagia Sophia **360-1453 served as the Greek Patriarchal cathedral of Constatntinople **(except from 1204-1261 when it served as a Roman Catholic cathedral) **1453-1931 was a mosque 1935 opened as museum